Improvement in buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE It. KELSEY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPRo'vEMENTiN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,311, dated June 5, 1866.

To all whom lt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. KELSEY, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exa-et description of the construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, which make part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the obverse side of the buckle when complete and ready for use and sale. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot' the reverse side ot' the buckle when complete. F ig. 3 is a perspective view ot' the reverse side ot' the frame ot' the buckle, ready to receive the tongues, showing` the socket parts partially turned for that purpose. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tongues and their connection as ready to be attached to the frame. v

My improvement consists in making the buckle ot' two pieces-that is, I make the frame or bow and loop or slide with the sockets of one piece of sheet metal and the two tongues and their connection ot' one piece ot' wireand in putting them together in such a manner as to forni a buckle with a bow and loop or slide of substantially the same width, so. as to give ita neat and symmetrical appearance when in use.

I makethe frame or bow and loop or slide of one piece of sheet metal by cutting or swaging it into the proper shape or form with suitable dies, as shown at a and l), Figs. l, 2, and 3, so that the ruiming part of the strap or webbing may be passed up through the bow b onto the tongues c and c, and then down again through and under the loop or slide a, as indicated by dots in Fig.`1, so that the end ot' the running part of the strap or webbing will be secure, and the parts of the buckleframe will appear symmetrical or equal on all sides.

I cut and swage the sheet metal iii such a manner that the parts which are to constitute the sockets to receive and hold the tongues are cut and turned up, as represented at land cl, Fig. 3.

I make the two tongues c and c and their connection c (or portion to which the standing part of the strap is to he attached) ot' one piece ot wire, bent or formed substantially into the shape shown in Fig. 4, and sharpen the points in a proper manner, as appears in Figs. 1 and 4, the tongues c and c and connection e being substantially the same in shape and construction asdescribed in a patent issued to Sheldon S. Hartshorn, July 10, 1855, and now owned by the West Haven Buckle Company.

Having made the two parts as before described, I place the tongue part, Fig. 4, into the frame, Fig. 3, in such a position that the socket parts d and d may, by the use ot' proper dies, be closed around the wire to forni a suitable socket, as shown at cl and d, Fig. 2, and indicated at al and d, Fig. l, when the buckle will be complete, and will appear on its reverse side as represented in Fig. 2 and on the obverse side as represented in Fig. 1, and will be-ready for use or sale.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the frame, Fig. 3, with the tongues, Fig. 4, when they are constructed, attached, and tted for use substantially as herein described and set forth.

GEO. R. KELSEY.

Witnesses:

Jas. P. BRISTOL, R. FITSGEEALD. 

